diff --git a/munin/nominatim_importlag b/munin/nominatim_importlag
index 8d69f3ce..a118e0b6 100755
--- a/munin/nominatim_importlag
+++ b/munin/nominatim_importlag
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
 fi
  
 
-delay=`psql -d nominatim -c 'copy (select extract(epoch from now()-lastimportdate)::int from import_status) to stdout'`
+delay=`psql -d nominatim -c "copy (select extract(epoch from timezone('utc', now())-lastimportdate)::int from import_status) to stdout"`
  
  
 echo "age.value $delay"